Angus, Iowa

Angus, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Angus, Iowa is located in Iowa
Angus, Iowa
Angus, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°53′00″N 94°09′27″W / 41.88333°N 94.15750°W / 41.88333; -94.15750
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyBoone
Elevation
1,024 ft (312 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code515
GNIS feature ID454191[1]

Angus is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]

History

Angus was originally named "Coaltown", and under the latter name was established as a coal mining community in the 1870s.[2] A post office called Coaltown was established in 1879, the name was changed to Angus in 1881, and the post office closed in the 1950s.[3] The present name "Angus" is after a railroad official.[4]

The population was 150 in 1940.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Angus, Iowa
  2. ^ "County History". Boone County. Archived from the original on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ^ Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 336.
  5. ^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 292.


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